Patents by Inventor Hector Macias

Hector Macias has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9086483
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention includes a material detection system. The system includes a sensor system configured to collect radiation from a region of interest. The collected radiation can include a plurality of frequency bands. The system also includes a processing unit configured to detect a material of interest. The material of interest can be a concealed dielectric material, and the processing unit can be configured to decompose the collected radiation into natural resonance signals to analyze the natural resonance signals to detect an anomaly corresponding to the concealed dielectric material based on wave characteristics of the natural resonance signals. The processing unit could also include processing layers associated with the plurality of frequency bands for detecting and identifying the material of interest based on wave characteristics associated with each of the plurality of frequency bands of the collected radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN GUIDANCE AND ELECTRONICS COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Mostafa A. Karam, A. Douglas Meyer, Charles H. Volk, Raj K. Shori, Hector Macias
  • Publication number: 20120248313
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention includes a material detection system. The system includes a sensor system configured to collect radiation from a region of interest. The collected radiation can include a plurality of frequency bands. The system also includes a processing unit configured to detect a material of interest. The material of interest can be a concealed dielectric material, and the processing unit can be configured to decompose the collected radiation into natural resonance signals to analyze the natural resonance signals to detect an anomaly corresponding to the concealed dielectric material based on wave characteristics of the natural resonance signals. The processing unit could also include processing layers associated with the plurality of frequency bands for detecting and identifying the material of interest based on wave characteristics associated with each of the plurality of frequency bands of the collected radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: MOSTAFA A. KARAM, A. Douglas Meyer, Charles H. Volk, Raj K. Shori, Hector Macias
  • Patent number: 4244349
    Abstract: A portable forced air heater having a flame holder positioned between a blower and a combustion chamber. The flame holder has a plurality of holes or openings formed therein to stabilize and control the combustion process within the combustion chamber. The holes or openings are arranged in such manner that the percentage of total flame holder area devoted to holes or openings increases at a general uniform rate as the distance from the center of the flame holder increases. The flame holder also has openings formed therein to support various components of the heater in order to provide a relatively small compact forced air heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1981
    Assignee: Scheu Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Wallace W. Velie, Hector Macias